Wolves defender Neill Collins has signed a new four-year contract to tie him to Molineux until 2012 – as the club are hoping to extend Michael Gray’s stay by a year.
Scottish defender Collins had two years left on his existing deal, but the club have taken steps to protect their investment in the 24-year-old.
Collins, who cost £150,000 when he arrived from the Stadium of Light in 2006-07, believes he and his team-mates can make futher strides under boss Mick McCarthy.
He said: “Wolves is a club going places and hopefully I can play a real part in that.
“It’s a good time to be at the club. We’ve got a good manager and with the way he’s shaping the team, we’re not even close to our potential yet.
“We all want to be here when big things happen. With all the strides the club have taken over the last two years, I’m sure we’re not too far away from that.”
Collins was one of several players criticised by supporters last season but believes his best is yet to come.
He said: “There’s more to come from myself as well, definitely. I don’t want to rest on my laurels, I want to improve all the time.
“There’s always someone trying to take your place. So I’ll be working even harder next season.”
The influence of McCarthy is crucial to Wolves chances, according to Collins.
He said: “It was the same manager for the majority of the time at Sunderland and it was a similar situation with young players coming into the club.
“The team spirit is probably even better here. Wolves have been a bit of a sleeping giant but they’re going places now.
“Everyone feels it’s taking off again.”
On the Gray deal, chief executive Jez Moxey said: “We’re talking to Michael about the possibility of an extension to his contract.
“He’s out of contract but he’s in training and both parties appear to be keen to a deal.”
225 Comments
I was waiting for the bad news to start flowing!!
Why on earth has he been given an extension???
This man is a liability and is not good enough to pull on the shirt!!!
WELL IF WE NEEDED ANY PROOF THE CLUB HAS NO REAL INTENTION OF GETTING OUT OF THIS DIVISION..HE IT IS..WHY THE HELL KEEP BUYING STRIKERS..THEN GIVE THIS IDIOT A PLACE IN DEFENCE TO UNDO ANY GOOD WORK BEING DONE UP FRONT.
MUPPET YOUR A JOKE MATE..GET OUT NOW BEFORE YOU DO ANY MORE DAMAGE!!!!!!!
i’ve just been told by some one i’ve suddenly gone as white as a ghost.what are you doing to me mick.4years of collins,i feel like the anti war lot did when bush got another 4!
What does Mick see in Collins, he is the worst defender I have seen at Wolves in a long time.
He is too slow and cannot tackle!
Thiis is unreal!
I will always support Wolves players while they are on the pitch, but I simply cannot justify this decision to give Collins a new contract what so ever.
Yes, he scored 6 goals, but he also gave away 7 penalties! If he could cut out the clumsy nature of his game, he wouldn’t be half bad because on his day he’s ‘ok’. I can’t see him being more than back up though to be honest.
sitting here crying! can’t work out if their tears of laughter or desperation!
this is why wolves wont get out of the division because of neil collins
i actually agree with south bank over something. collins is useless, the 2yrs he had remaining was bad enough, why on earth would you want to renew this liability’s contract for 4 yrs!
and after so much optimism…
I really can’t understand the thinking behind this, granted he gives 100% but the lad is a complete liability and isn’t good enough for this level. Hopefully he’ll prove us all wrong, but I just can’t see it
well done mr morgon we are going places with you look out rochdale
I would rather have Joan Collins sign a four year deal!
Forget the penalties. you lot should get behind this bloke cause playing with you lot on his back doesnt help
I didn’t know the Manager got directly involved in appointing the ground staff too…though Collins has gone to seed.
PEOPLE MAKE ME LAUGH
WHEN COLLINS AND EDWARDS WERE IN PATRNESHIP BECAUSE OF INJURIES TO BREEN AND CRADDOCK ,EVERYONE WAS SAYING KEEP THEM IN MICK THEY ARE THE BEST PAIRING FANTASTIC ETC ETC ALL OF A SUDDEN HES THE BIGGEST DONKEY THEY HAVE SEEN.
PERSONALLY I DONT RATE HIM HIGHLY MYSELF BUT HE WILL BE OK AS A SQUAD PLAYER,SO WHY ALL THE FUSS UNLESS HES FIRST CHOICE OF COURSE.
NO WONDER THIS CLUB FIND IT HARD TO MOVE ON MOAN MOAN MOAN,LETS ALL BOO HIM WHEN HE COMES ON NEXT SEASON,THAT WILL HELP
RANT OVER
Whoo, Golfswing Collins has signed a new deal, my day can’t get any worse, wonder if this is because we’re not getting Berra so MM decided to give the Tiger Woods impressionist a new contract…
Give him a break - how is he going to improve when he gets booed and berated from the terraces? He isn’t the greatest defender but he can get better, and he always gives 100% which is more than you could ever say for Freddy Eastwood. Whilst I find it odd that the club have given him such a long contract, I don’t think he deserves the amount of stick that he gets. He will not be a first-chice starter in the team but could be useful as utility if he can concentrate on making less mistakes.
You cannot be serious!!!!!
And just when I was beginning to feel optimistic about our chances. Then good old Merlin works his magic again!!!
I’d sooner have breen…
I was hoping that they were going to be talking about Lee Collins. I would rather have Joan Collins in defence.
Please do not let him anywhere near the first team. Things were looking good and will get better with other signings but this player is a liabilty. In my opinion Darren Ward, who is admittedly sluggish, is far better.
Noooo!
NORTHY..ADD MUPPETT, S.WARD. S.ELLIOTT ETC TO THAT COMMENT AND YOU’D BE BANG ON MATE.
I’m the most positive Wolves fan you’ll ever meet and even I am disheartened by this news. I’d sooner see Edwards or Ward kept on as cover over Collins, but he is one of ‘Mick’s boys’ so its not entirely unexpected.
Hopefully there will be another new arrival in defence before the start of the season and it will be left between Craddock, Stearman and whoever it is to slug it out for the three starting roles.
Getting Gray on for another season would represent good business. Cover at full back and left mid and works his socks off. Easy decision.
A long contract for Collins is good because when one of the premiership big boys come in for him it will mean they will have to pay top money!
Mind you, Wolves fans couldn’t spot a decent defender anyway. Most thought Naylor was rubbish!
Anyway, I think there are some good players in the current squad. Shame we still have a clown in charge. Top six finish is still only an outside possibility but I’m sure there will be the same old over ‘hype’ followed by the same old moaning when it pans out to be yet another average season in mid-table.
Wolves as a club is exactly where it wants to be, so get used to it everybody!
Some of the penalties against Collins last year were extremely harsh. I’m personally pleased because he’s a far better centre-back than many blinkered Wolves fans seem to think, and I would have him in the team any day of the week ahead of Darren Ward, who I consider to be McCarthy’s poorest signing.
Neill, prove these idiots wrong this year mate, maybe change your nickname to Freddy and watch them change their tune!
get behind the lad….in mick we trust
Support the team…..SUPPORT WHOEVER IS ON THE PITCH
I thought things appeared to be going too well. There had to be some madness on the horizon from Mad Mick somewhere along the line. Surely with all the talent out there, they could find a better defender. I’m totally flabbergasted with this decision.
As many know i’m a MM fan, but unlike the blindly critical I can make comments to the contrary to my general belief. I do think this is a strange descision. I don’t particularly rate Collins (to say he’s worst defender we had is a bit far) but I suppose teams always need squad players who are willing to be just tha without complaint and I guess he is that, he is a hard working proffessional which many teams need (a poor mans John O’Shea maybe ha). The baffling thing though, is the length of the contract, it’s not like he’s likely to be the subject of large figure bids, so just keeping him on shorter term contracts such as 2 years would suffice I would’ve thought. But still I am excited about how our team seems to be shaping up.
That’s it lads, get behind the players before a ball has been kicked.
No wonder we have such a poor reputation as fans!
I watched a lot of championship football last season both home and away (including Wolves) and in comparison i thought Collins was poor. Four years seems a long contract for a player who on common feeling among Wolves fans simply is not good enough, especially when you presume the intention is to get promoted next season, and the thought of Collins in the prem, well you just cant see it can you?? So he then sits on his remaining three years while Wolves play someone who is good enough??
Just seems a bit bizarre!!
i believe Collins will be a good centre half, he is young and as a lot to learn, thats the problem with wolves fans on here,never give the yong players a chance,that might be the downfall next season if you morons start booing again.
All the positive things that have happend in the last few weeks and now they drop this bombshell!!! Dont understand it..should have let him prove he cn do the job and IF..BIG IF he has a good year then give him a deal.Surely if were aiming to get in the Prem he wouldnt even be in the squad.Mad Mick strikes again!!!!!
disgraceful !,typical mcarthy favouritsm towards another rubbish player just like s.ward
4 years?? 4 years??? The bit of hope that was building inside me has completely gone. We shall never be automatic candidates whilst our defence is so poor. How a guy who was an international defender can manage such a poor defensive side is a mystery.
for once i agree with south bank on this one, he isnt good enough for this level, he has a panicky temperament that leads to him giving away stupid free kicks or penalties, which have proved costly as we all know, lets hope he works on it and stops the daft tackles, but im not holding my breath!
Ok guys before we have hundreds of negative comments on here, It`s obvious that he`s not our first choice with Craddock, Stearman, he`s trying to get another centre half in, Foley, Elokobi, Gray - he`s just back up! Can I also add that in the past couple of seasons, the best defensive records have come when Collins has been in the team! I`m not saying I like the guy and his penalty against record is shocking but he`s JUST backup - we need numbers!
If he has still got 2 yrs left on his contract it seems strange to me for a player who makes wolves fans cringe when he is about to make a challenge in our penalty area, why has he been offered another 2 yrs on that contract.Who exactly are wolves protecting their investment from?
are you ‘avin a laugh? his he ‘avin a laugh????
(said in a Andy Millman-esq Extras voice)
Thats what I like about this website, the constructive and objective comments. I would be the first to say he’s hardly a John terry of Rio Ferdinand, but what he is a good honest player which is quite a rare commodity these days.
So “northbankbarmyarmy, southbankbarmyarmy” while he whears a Wolves shirt we support him, The season before last he played well but that was season when we had some unity, that changed last year because our expectations rose and Neil Collins was one of the scapegoats.
Fans should realise booing, and personal insults is not going to give an player confidence. If he felt he had the crowds support he would play with more confidence
Clearly McCarthy has a different concept about Collins than any of us fans. 12 months ago he played him at full back, where out of position he was by far the worse player on the pitch. Last season as a centre back he was a clear liability, forever holding on to attackers in the box, forever making late tackles and continuously giving away numerous unnecessary penalties.
Ther is a lot to be said for McCarthy’s loyalty to those of his squad who are in favour - but in this case he has lost the plot. Collins is by far the weakest link in this squad. Lets hope we sign (AND PLAY) Berra.
Bludy brilliant ! shud of given breen and new 4 year deal instead !
WHAT A JOKE MICK HAS NO INTENTION OF SIGNING ANY MORE DEFENDERS LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER DISSAPONTING SEASON THANKS TO MICK
There was me thinking we were gonna sign Justin Lee Collins (John Dewolf’s long lost son)!!! Hey maybe they can swap jobs coz Neill collins is the best comedian i have seen on our pitch for a long while!!!!!!
You never know -he could be on tuppence a week wages, so this might be a great deal for what will only ever be a squad player anyhow.
by no means a fan of collins but hey he got the shirt on so get behind him and the 10 others on the pitch utd we stand and all that come on fans remember when mm first came no expectation and loads of support from us lets get back to being fans not critics.wwfc till I die.
Franck Spencer in a Wolves shirt
the only way u can describe this man
Oh NO He is the worst WWFC player ever!!
37 dave
so y extend the contract of a “back up” player if thats wot u think his role will b???
wba bomber : i think you’ve hit the nail on the head - the length of the contract is bizarre. he had two years left on his deal and he should have been asked to significantly improve in order to warrant any extension. if he didn’t improve, he could have been a squad player and left when th econtract was up. we’ve given him no incentive what so ever to better himself by giving him this deal.
No matter which way i look at this i find it puzzling?? Mick, On what basis can you offer him a contract extension, did he play well last season? did he even ask for a longer contract and if so were other clubs willing to offer him a better deal? Maybe Mick does see something in Neil Collins that many others don not but why not wait and see how he does this coming season first?
To Slow and im-mobile paul butler springs to mind. He cant run he cant pass. Get someone in with decent qualities mick!
Please everyone. Just stay off the blokes back. Can we honestly say anyone had a decent season last year. Lets see how it goes. With everyone. Fresh slate. UP THE WOLVES ! !
Collins AKA club-foot believes his best is yet to come…to be fair, he cant get any worse!
His song should be like Craddocks:
There’s only one neil collins,
one neil Collins…
sh17 with foot,
but scores with his nut…
stumbling in a collins BLUNDERland
We have obviously got to support the lad & I do hope he proves me wrong (cuts out the penalties)! But this is quite unbelievable - 4 years to protect our interests!!! What are these interests, who has bid for him????
49
Modern football is a squad game. Whether or not we sign Chrisophe Berra, Neil Collins is a squad player.
How many of the ‘knockers’ also booed Lee Naylor and, disgracefully, Dean Richards too?
Support the Wolves
SHOCKED, AMAZED, HAD TO PINCH MYSELF.. NIGE WOLF AGREED WITH MY COMMENT.
HEY NIGE HOW YOU DOIN’ FELLA..LOOKS LIKE WE MIGHT MAKE A REAL FAN OUT OF YOU YET!
BARMY ARMY.
People on here say Collins isn’t good enough, I agree. He plays because of one man, yes our beloved Mick.
Let me know when he’s fired and I’ll come back top matches.
come on guys get behind collins and the team or we will be going no where.
What a joke. I bet he’s got bonuses aswell for giving away penalty’s! Seriously, i cannot justify this at all. The guy’s a donkey.
I’m totally shocked! How can this be justified after last season’s poor display by this very average footballer - I’m ‘gob-smacked’!I was beginning to think MM had cleared his head and was putting together a young,talented team - and now this. Nothing against Collins as a human being, but he ‘aint no professional footballer’ - whatever MM says!! I’m beginning to worry again! Where are me tablets!
What a DISGRACE.
I’m not talking about Collins signing for 4 years, I’m talking about the fans. How the hell do you expect any of our young players to develop with attitudes like that. Its no surprise that they all look so nervous when they play at the Molineux. You should be ashamed.
Collins is no Rio but he’s no where near as bad as you fools seem to think. If you honestly beleive he is the “worst WWFC player ever” then you have a very poor memory or have only been going a couple of times a year for the last 2 seasons.
Craddock in the Premiership was a total disaster and now he’s the hero. You all need to get a grip on reality. We should support Wolves not be our own worst enemies!!!
OH NO! he shud of bin on transfer list. Anyone who thinks its gud, even as backup, surley has not bin to molineux in a few seasons.
Fantastic news. Now Wolves can consolidate as a mid table Championship team at best!
Wot’s the song the South Banks’ extremely “barmy army” sing about Jody Craddock?
Give the kid a chance - you’re all muppets!!!
Barmy is the right word for you lot.
UP THE WOLVES!!!
I bet its too late to swap him for Naylor, I bet Neill would relish a move back to Scotland and I’m sure 24000 wolves fans would chip in for the bus fare. He must be really good to Mick in bed how can he possibly get a contract extention. He is the worst Wolves player ever
I think a lot of you fans are missing the point.I am not personally going to knock anyone who has played for the Wolves.But if we want to become a force again in football,and by that i mean europe and the world,then players who are ‘ok’ or can put a ‘decent shift in’ will not take us there.We need to improve and get players will abiltity coming through the ranks and coming into the club.We also need a top manager that knows tactics at the top level.Look at the champions league and euro2008.None of the teams played 4-4-2.Mc Carthy says i only plya 4-4-2.Mccarthy is a good manager but if we want to become great we will need a top class manager who knows tactics when we get promoted.We dont just want ot try and survive,we will get relegated.Have you forgotten the last time ? We have to compete when we get up there.That means bigger ground capacity,excellent coaches,backroom staff and top class tactical manager.Russia were not a better side than Holland but Hidlink outwitted Van basten with the way he set his team up to play.Remember what Hull and palace and Stoke did to we last season !
Morning South Bank… Whats been happening ?? Ive only been away for 3 weeks and I come back to this about Collins getting a new contract!!!! How can wolves supporters support Collins when he’s total pants!!!
Clearly this is to fend off the big clubs whose scouts obviously missed the 7 penalties he gave away last season. I worry there may be a ‘gentleman’s agreement’ that he can leave after one year though…
hahaha im so angry i’ve got to laugh, otherwise im gunna kill someone!!! im just lost for words!!
Here’s hoping for a better season then than last from Mr Collins.Could surprise a few of us.
There is absolutely no reason to have done this, i dont understand the need for 4 year contracts. If we dont get up next year we would need to change again look at the problems. We are having problems getting rid of players surplus to requirements today. Madness pure madness.
57 if most of your comments are the comments of a real fan it’s time for some of us to hang up our scarves & take up watching darts or something - i reckon you could write what you know about football on the head of a pin with a big thick marker pen
well if collins is worth a 4 year contract as well as stephen ward then I am sorry we have just given hope of all the rubbish footballers to come to wolves for a easy pay packet. Lets face it, Collins would get skinned each game in the premierhsip if Muppet dared pick him. Also with there wages wouldnt it be economic sense to use that money to get in McLean, Berra & another midfielder or defender.
Another stupid decision from wolves!
You are all pathetic get off his back !
He is a Wolves PLAYER will give his all unlike and is committed to WOLVES unlike most of you pathetic morons on here !
i really don’t understand this move. he had 2 years left to run anyway, so why extend? to “protect the investment” of £150k? not exactly mega bucks is it? and can you really see anyone banging down the door trying to poach him away?
the bloke tries his best but just isn’t a footballer. end of.
if collins can play for wolves so can i
I like these pages as there are some discussions on them. What’s the point in living life through rose tinted glasses and keep banging on “give the lad a chance”, “up the wolves”, “fans are a disgrace”. How can we be a disgrace! What’s wrong with voicing opinion between Wolves fans. If we were raving outside his house and bricking his windows then fair enough.
This postings are here for a reason…OPINIONS. It would be naff if we kept reading “Up the Wolves all our players are great”
Get a grip of reality.
SACK MICK McCARTHY THIS MINUTE.
TALK ABOUT WINDING THE FANBASE UP BY TAKING THIS LIABILITY OF A DEFENDER ON FOR ANOTHER 4 YEARS.
YET,HE OFFLOADS SOME DECENT KIDS THAT WERE FAR OUTPERFORMING THIS PATHETIC COLLINS!!!!
Not exactly a bit of news I was holding out for, I think for some reason MM sees a young breen in him, I for one would prefer the old breen. I will however give him a chance, just shut my eyes everytime he goes near the ball/opposition attacker in the box.
As a die hard supporter of the team and players even I cannot blinker myself to this lads blatent failings as a footballer (like not knowing where his feet are)
He must have an excellent agent thats all I can say.
Bad News!……..all i’m saying is he gives away too many pens! which cost us with the GF last season!
Well this just sums up why McCarthy should have been sacked at the end of last season. Collins was by far the worst player for Wolves last season, and to a man everyone I know agreed he is simply not good enough, and in fact is liability. Giving penalty after penalty away last season. So what does Thick Mick do ? Gives him a 4 year contract ! I look forward to another year in the championship of disapointments fininshing around 10th.
Oh, and a message to the board. Where is Paul Ince now ? He got there a lot faster than we ever will.
You’re all idiots! Collins is a good player and can play anywhere at the back. Scored 6 goals last season, many were winners, and that made a big difference!
Come on think! Idiots!
No club with any ambition to get promoted to the Premiership gives a 4 year contract to a player who struggles in the Championship.
Out of light cometh darkness!
LOL, some of you have been slating Albion for losing Gera, Phillips etc, well what goes around comes around!!
Enjoy watching this useless waste of space cost you goal after goal next season, as you slide into mid table obscurity once again!
Boing Boing!
Makes me laugh ho some of you can say we are on his back before a ball has been kicked………….did you sleep through last season or something……….
I was surprised the contract was for so long. But think he should be given a reasonable chance. Next season the REAL WOLVES SUPPORTERS’ should get behind the team. The rest should go and support the TESCOS. If we don’t get behind the team this season, I just wonder how many points that is going to cost us? There will always be moaners in life and there will be those whose cup is half full!!
This chap must be one of the poorest players to pull on a Wolves shirt since the days of Turner.
Can anyone think of a player to rank below him?
Southbank = real fan, get a grip, your the only one calling yourself that you muppet! All you have done for months now is criticise, thats not a real fan, thats just a moaner!!
And once again….CAPS LOCK next to the letter A.
HEY TIM GOOD TO SEE YA BACK MATE.. AS FOR COLLINS..GOD KNOWS..JUST MUPPET BACK ON FORM BY THE LOOKS OF IT..LMAO
DUBLIN..IF YOU HAD ANY KIND OF SIGNIFICANCE OR RELEVANCE TO THIS TOPIC..OR LIFE IN GENERAL..I WOULD TAKE THE TIME TO REPLY.
BUT AS YOU HAVE NEITHER..I WON’T BOTHER!!
My comment on this is, well he will be spending the season on the bench, with the signing of Stearman, and hopefully Berra, also Craddock in the picture I can not imagine he would get a game, I think he is more of a cover player as he can play across any part of the defence.
Some of you just moan for the sake of it!! I am not saying here he is good enough to start, but do any of us really think he will start if those 3 are at the club come August!!??
hahaha need i say more neil the donkey 4 year contract wot a joke is it april or july roll on august
Lets just pray we get a couple more defenders signed up soon so this liability can’t get near the first team unless we have injuries galore! He may be wearing the gold and black and he may give 110% to the cause but without the skills to back that up he’ll never get the full backing of the fans because we’re all terrified whenever he goes in for a tackle near the box
How anyone can say Micky Gray is just a back up player is beyond me. By far our bets player last season, always gave 100 percent and fought for the club. Im more than confident that if he signs an extension, he will once again be one of our star players and prove to everyone that age does not matter.
I really dont think that any other player gave as much last season as Gray, and if only we had a team full of his enthusiasm and comittment then maybe we would get to the premier league alot faster.
Some Collins fans were talking about the good defensive record the season before last. A lot of that was down to Rob Edwards - when they were a partnership. I was at Ipswich on the night game and he was 9/10.
One of the poor decisions last season was to stick Collins, right back and left back. We had players like Little and Jones who should have been cover. He is no Jamie Carragher ie play anywhere at the back!
I see McCarthy has been on top form while I’ve been away!
And we have another fully signed up member of the ‘clappy club’ with Dublin Wolves. He sounds almost as daft as the bloke that signed Collins - but not quite!
Hello ’south bank’
relax he will only be back up anyway and contracts these days dont mean anything olifinjana signed a new 4 year contract last year!!!! end of the day the just sign them and in a hope then can recoup money bak when they do sell its called business!!!! you lot are just all so negative if he was on like 50k id worry but i rekon he is one of the lowest paid players!!!! albion fans cant understand why you lot are coming on here you have enough to worry about at your club cant even get a sponsership never mind any players!!!!!
Southbank your just a pathetic waste of space on here! I sit in the Southbank and no one moans anywhere near as much as you do!! Maybe a pint might be in order if your at the Blackburn game?? or even the first game of the season?? What are your thoughts?
As for not taking the time to reply….you did just that from what I can see….!!
It’s just hit me who we need at Wolves.
We need someone who will impose his weight on a game, someone who will scrap, someone who will scare the opposition, someone with Premiership experience and someone who is always hungry.
Who fits the bill?
JOHN HARTSON!
He’ll impose his weight by sitting on his opponents, he’ll scrap with anyone for dinner money, he’ll scare the opposition with his ugly ginger mug, he has the Premiership ‘battle hardened’ experience we’re after, and he is most certainly always hungry!
And if thats not enough to persuade you, he’s also available on a free. We can pay him the Moxey way with a pie and a pint!
No Happy Clapper here Abdon, think your grudge still stands after some abuse you recieved some months back me thinks!!
Simple what I was saying really, he wont get near the team so I aint bothered. If he does, i’ll show concern then! He is just cover, and for me, he will do just fine to stay that way!
Bournemouth wolf:- Thats why were on here as we are true wolves fans except for some of the dodgy imitations! Everyone is entitled to there own opinion!! And why the hell shouldnt we moan as were still in the same league were paying good money to see them.. so we have all the rites to moan… wake up and smell the coffee ( That comment also goes to RA RA and Dublin Wolf)
100 - and you can put him in goal when hennesey leaves - nothing would get past his gut.
Wolves Leg End said: Jul 3rd, 2008 at 12:03 pm That’s it lads, get behind the players before a ball has been kicked.
No wonder we have such a poor reputation as fans!
Sorry leg end but plenty of balls were kicked last season and planty missed by Collins - that’s why the majority of Wolves fans don’t rate him. This isn’t a new signing who is getting criticised - it’s a player who has done nothing so far to warrant a 2 year extension to his existing contract so stop happy clapping and criticising people who have as much right to express their opinion as you!
No Collins isn’t a player I rate, but some of the people on here demonstrate a complete lack of support. Whilst I don’t rate Collins, I shall support him and any player playing for us. I shall not try and make a player worse by booing. Nice holiday Abdon? Shame you couldn’t stay really.
Dublin, If he aint gonna get near the team, why oh why does he now have a four year contract?? Is that not a little excessive for a ’squad’ player.
I honestly hope he does well and becomes a good footballer but shouldnt he prove himself first before being offered a new deal.
104: Its all very well having opinions but its dangerous well they are as poisonous as many of those psted here. comments such as “sack Mick now” are pathetic and show that the atmosphere at the games will be as bad as ever next season. I hope that you are all very happy when we don’t get promoted and all our young players move on to bigger and better things. That way you get to have a great time tapping away on your keyboard blaming everyone and everything but yourselves.
Not good news for Hennessey or Murray!
101. Dublin
What grudge?
Sorry, don’t really see your logic (Lets keep him because he’s never going to get in the team anyway!). But perhaps McCarthy does, after all you are both from the same neck of the woods!
I was working in Dublin once and went into a shop to buy a packet of crisps. I asked for plain, but the lady said I would have to have cheese and onion, as they was the plainest she had!
I kid you not!
is this true or am i dreaming? someone pinch me
Scott Wolf, Tim DJ, Abdon and my good old favourite SOUTHBANK. You all say you have a right to complain, moan and criticise, yes you do, but when you do it on every page, regarding every story, you have got to understand people will criticise your very moaning attitude.
ScottWolf I think he ment before a ball has been kicked this season, not as a new signing..just a thought there.
I am no happy clapper, but I am not going to criticise before a new season has even started!! We are making good signings yet you still call for MM’s head. We are looking at a good season ahead, and still you criticise, just wonder if you come on here with the intention to moan and groan instead of debate what is a nothing story as the player was going to be here next season anyway!!!!
105 RealistWolves says…
“No Collins isn’t a player I rate”
and…
“Whilst I don’t rate Collins”
Support your team the realist way - oh yes!
Haggstone Wolf, I agree, I think new big contracts are passed around far to easily, especially in this day. But we dont know whether there was an extension in the contract before hand after a certain time or what. (or even an agent agreement with the manager to extend at a certain time)
As I said, I do think he is a good back up player for he championship, and that is exactly what he will be. Also by signing for 4 years means we can get money for him if he is sold! (if anyone is willing to pay!!)
He was going to be here next season anyway……..
105. although i dont like numpty signing a contract, what you say is totally correct
Abdon, im from Wolverhampton, moved 2 years ago for wife who is Irish. Think I will ignore the comment regarding the irish though, and just put it down to you being a bit dim!
Every squad has squad players, we all know that, and that is what Collins is a squad player. So for that, yes i would keep him. You always need back up over a 46 game season……think we should all bare that in mind!
Dublin wolf yes your very rite we have all the rite to moan but some of us dont have the chance to make comments on all the stories what E&S put on about the wolves… Im not calling for MM’s head Im asking why the hell extend Collins contract.. Can I ask a question Dublin how many games did you go to last season??? Because if you were watching the same games as me you’ll undersatnd the frustration some of us have, Yes some people its a game of football and thats it, but when you work your butt off to take myself and my nipper then youll understand why should we pay to see a pile of muck every season and not do very much…
ive been telling people to get behind mick & then he goes & does this! he did a simular thing last season with s.ward another play with no quality. all you have done is made these lads financially sound for the rest of there lives, i would be worried if i was your misses?
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Difference is I hope he proves me wrong and even if he was awfull i’d support the young lad to improve. Supporting a team and it’s players isn’t thinking everyone is world class it’s about getting behind them at games, despite them not being.
No internet in Dublin then?
and another thing if collins is still here in 4 years i guarentee we wont be in the premier, i dont wana be negative but i dont think he would get in walsalls side.
Oh….My……Days, what is Muppet Mick thinking?
3rd tier footie next season lads
Tim DJ this is a new season though, we are not still playing next season! Judge your paying attitude on the new season not the old one!
Games last season, out of the 46 league games, I flew over and attended 33, and 1 cup game. as said I am from the area, sit in the Southbank as a season ticket holder too.
Tim DJ, last season was bad, but all I am saying is why moan when he was here anyway, and why moan about last season, when this is THIS season!
So Tim, how many games did you attend?
63. great scott. Surley you shud of gon to skool mor offen.
abdonwolf
Just bothered to read your comment and see your boring Dublin story was not recent and so it’s not there you’ve been away to. So as I asked before, you had a good holiday?
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha this has made my summer neil collins is amongst the worst players in the cc i simply cannot believe you have given this man a four year contract, a bigger turning circle than a jumbo jet and a turn of pace that is deceptively slow i think mick “the magician” is playing a trick on you boys because no team with title winning aspirations would give this man a 4 hour contract nevermind a 4 YEAR one! in mccarthy you trust!
oh…my…god
this cannot be happening
43 Dublin season Ticket holder and have been since 1996
Ok, so we have to accept the fact that Neil Collins will be at Wolves for a fair bit longer, but what gets me is that in my eyes, to get a new contract you need to EARN a new contract. What on earth has he done to earn it? Nothing! Just like George did nothing to earn his.
Collins is still young, some CB’s play till near 40, give him a chance the moaning is doing my nut in!!!
Cheers for that Tim, good to know.
having spent yet again £400.00 plus on my season ticket i am begining to wonder about my club,mad mick is renewing his defence or should i say trying to renew and he goes and gives collins a new deal,is he right in the head,also we have to look at moxey and morgan in particular who has sanctioned the deal,do we have any interest in going in the premiership as mr morgan said when he took over,i am begining to think not.
rgds tpd
YOU LOT ARE IDIOTS SERIOUSLY…FANS ARE THERE TO SUPPORT, HOW HARSH ARE YOU BEING ON COLLINS…
Ok dublin thats a fair point, there are always things going on behind the scenes that we do not know about.
But at the same time, from my point of view, i cannot see how giving the lad a contract extension will increase his value in the future unless he shows considerable improvement. That tactic only works with players that are likley to be wanted by other clubs ie Lescott etc.
Give the guy a chance, we need to get behind the the team, from the first whistle to the last, no matter who plays….
i bet you he plays like ronaldo in training sessions
Dont know if going with your dad for a few years counts towards the browny points of being a fan, but that would mean I have attended since 1987 as a season ticket holder.
But regardless of this anyway, the point Tim DJ is we want the same thing, a decent challenge for promotion, all I am saying is we have not even kicked a ball and we get this, and get all the talk of how bad last season was again.
This is a new season, same challenge with a few new teams. We saw last season what the fans negativity did, think we should be ready to explode from the off and give MM a chance, a bad start and he is a goner but I want Wolves to succeed, I dont see that with some of the postings on here, I think some want Wolves to simply fail to prove themselves right.
y does everyone slag him off, fair enough when he tackles in the area he give me a conery, but besides tht he has good distribution and without some of his headed goals we wouldnt have got places, coventry was one 90+3 mins if it wasnt for him we would have had 1 point instead of 3
(Moaning?? MOANING?? Loyal Wolf you havent met the Mrs.. Ive only been married 12 months and its catching!!!
96 Bang On - N Collins IS no full back, Right or Left
OK as a makeweight back up centre half - BUT if we really want to progress will he ever be quick enough or good enough to progress beyond Championship level?
133 comments (and counting) on a player who can’t actually play!
4 more years - there were less moans and groans when Thatcher won a third term in office in 87 and came out to a crowd chanting four more years!
I can’t beleive Morgan has let this happen!!! Who was chasing Collins anyway ? This is just as crazy as Stephen Ward getting a contract extension a few months back after proving himself useless!!!
I ACCEPT FANS HAVE THE RIGHT TO CRITICISE….BUT SOME OF YOU NEVER HAVE ANYTHING POSITIVE TO SAY !!!!
YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE !!!
131 - im not normally harsh on are players but him & s.ward are not good enough to wear the shirt, i know they give 100% but its not good enough i would give 100% for wolves but its not enough. 99% of wolves fans agree he should be one of the players on the list give & not r.edwards, how many penaltys last season? the one which sticks out the most is watford first game we were 1-0 up 5 mins to go & he sticks a leg out when there was no need, we lost the game 2-1 says it all.
How many times did he pop up with a goal at crucial times last year and the year before…
Give him a chance…
Another McCarthy love child that we’ll be stuck with when Mad Mick gets the boot after Christmas.
lets just see if the lads any different next season?before he kicks a ball lets support him.
NO NO NO NO NO and a thousand times NO, this man is thouroughbred useless, he can’t defend to save his life and the amount of penaltys and goals he gave away last season beggers belief yes he might have popped up in the last minute to snatch us 3 points in few games but the amount of points he cost us is beyond a joke, Mick where is your brain?
Not one of my favourites. I think if he read some of the stuff I wrote about him in last season’s blogs he would hunt me down…. probably fouling other people in the process.
Maybe he has a penalty clause in his contract.
Nice to see you all “supporting” yet another wolves player…. at this rate your team for plymouth will be:
Hennesey, Craddock, Kightly, SEB. Sub: Vokes
You actually don’t like anyone else.
Have to say he’s a poor player and done nothing to warrant a new contract, hopefully he’s only going to be a back up player anyway. So why extend his deal ??? Just a word on mclean, hope we don’t pay 3 million for him. Surely there is someone better and at least proven at championship level we could go for.
24. ‘when the premiership big boys come in for him’ thats nearly as outrageous as… well… offering neil collins a 4 year contract i guess.
Not sure about neil ‘penalty’ collins, he’s been a bit clumsy and unlucky but he can score some good headers. got to keep micky ‘dynamo’ gray for at least another year though
Its become trendy on here to praise the work of Mick and Mox. Hope all their fans approve of Neill getting a four year contract, Eastwood not being paid what he is entitled to so not moving, getting involved in a public auction for the likes of Lafferty and McLean etc..
I knew it, I was dreading reading the postings here, but…Predictable vitriol for our latest scapegoat. You should all feel much better and far mor superior for pouring out that bile. The lad’s a real tryer and I hope he eventually proves most of you wrong. I accept chances are he won’t be allowed to. Some of those penalties given away that you harp on about were clumsy mistakes by officials. All I’m saying is give the lad a chance. Remember he scored some useful goals up `tuther` end. Remember how awkward Tony `donkey` Adamson was when he first played for Arsenal. I may be hallucinating but please keep off any Wolves player’s back if he is trying his hardest. It’s just plain human decency…
Don’t usually comment but this is extremely poor. At CB Collins is not that great in the air, slow, clumsy and limited on the ball. Even worse at full back. Why a 4 year contract?????
147 happy-baggie
Great comment, happy, for the section of our support that the cap fits. Fortunately the quiet majority are much more supportive. But they are put off from posting as they do not wish to be associated with or arguing futiley with the self-haters. I physically cringe at the contempt and hate spewed out at my players. I just don’t know how all our `crap` footballers can show their faces in town or be even associated with the club. It is the great `shame` all we decent Wolves people have to carry on our shoulders. Luckily most wolves fans have decent broad shoulders.
In Wolves management i trust 100%!! N collins just prove everyone wrong time to step up. Im quitely confident this is a good bit of business by the 3 M’S if not on a footballing basis.
McCARTHY IS TURNING OUR GREAT CLUB INTO A REAL JOKE . MORGAN GET RID NOW AND GIVE THE MONEY TO A PROPPER MANAGER
Steve Bull Stand, can someone please explain to me something here as I dont get this, Not only does Eastwood get paid a few grand a week for playing football, not only did he get atleast 10% of the transfer fee (every player gets between 10-15% from what I remember of the Torres signing last year) Then he got a signing on fee…so with all this, he then gets another 10-15% from the new transfer, he gets another signing on fee, and a gauranteed 4 years on the terms he is on
But…
You feel he is being hard done too there?? get in the real world!! He is not being sacked, he is being transferred. The club owe him nothing other than a thank you and goodbye, the man is robbing the club of something he and only morons like you think he deserves!
I got transferred from my job in england to an ireland based operation, i didnt get a leaving gift of money…..so why should he??? do you think the above is right?
62 you make a good point mate, Some Wolves fans will always need somebody to slag off because thats just the way they are!!!
If we were champions of Europe there would be somebody getting the brunt of there stupid pointless remarks that spread discomfort around Molineux, the current batch of Wolves fans are where they deserve to be, I really thought things had changed during the Southampton game but now its back to this all the time.
Imagine if you were at work and somebody was constantly slagging your work off? Would it be better to hear praise or at least constructive criticism? When Wolves fans travel away it seems to be more positive & supportive so maybe its a certain moaning minority. The way Paul Butler, Iwan Roberts, Neill Collins, Jez Moxey, Mick McCarthy, Graham Taylor even recently Jack Hayward & Steve Morgan (the list goes on) have been slagged of by our own fans is nothing short of embarrasing when they were or still are part of OUR club at the time!!!!!
No. 75 Ra Ra.He is not committed to Wolves, he is paid by Wolves.
Feels like a new signing, good player well done mick!!!!!!!!
I simply do not understand the logic of giving Collins a 4 year contract.He simply is not good enough and IMO he will not get any better.Am rapidly losing faith in Mick I am afraid to say.
Why?, He is awful !
and 1 final comment to steve bull stand, you say it is trendy to praise those 2, you mus not come on here very often, 90% is criticism towards the 2!!
not a fan of mm tatics(he thinks they are mints for giving u a lift) . but he was an international defender , so should know a defender and most on here just want to moan so give the lad a chance. soon we address the real problem at wolves the better, and that is the stale and immobile back room staff, new ideas new tatics new coach please.
Gone down well then, this decision??
96….I think Jody Craddock would have something to say about our defensive record that season, along with Gary Breen me thinks! Didnt they play most of the games, with suprise suprise Collins at left and right back!
96 + 138, not saying he is a natural at right and left back, neither is Carragher, but he can do a job there if required, just like we now know Foley can do a job in Midfield, doesnt mean he is first choice there, just we know he CAN play there!!!
YOU WOT!! WHY HAVE HIM SIGN A NEW CONTRACT HE’S NOT GOOD ENUF!!! OMFG!
Barmy Army
come on guys, get behind him, everybody deserves a second chance, if it wasn’t for him, we would be 5 or 6 points off the playoffs, he has saved us a few times last season, he deserves some credit. Get behind him and he will have spirit.
Like everybody else,cannot understand giving Frank
Spencer in a wolves shirt a new contract.
There was an experienced centrehalf at the right age (28)going free at Sandwell Town who,s now gone to Derby.
Does Mick get out much? or he lives in another
football world from others?
happy baggie “penalty clause in his contract” lol a classic mate. but to be serious anybody who went to watford away will understand why calamity collins will never be a good defender ,absolutely no positional sense and no basic control . i really hope he improves but i doubt it
I can’t believe it. He is possobly the worst player I have seen at wolves for a long time. It annoys me that we get rid of breen put edwards and ward on the tranfer list then offer neil donkey collins a new deal. Sort it out mm
For those who offered encouraging posts well done.
for those who offered insults get a new team to follow…
For those who offered realistic, rational and genuine concerns using respectful language and with due consideration to the player…..I’ll buy you a pint next time I’m at Molineux…
The man is the most useless defender in the league you are a disgrace muppet mick sooner you are gone the better.
Such an awful player and giving away about 5 penalties last season what does mick think of him what is the point of extending him for 4 years if he’s never going to play among our center backs!
How?…Why?…So many questions unanswered!
Reading some of your comments make me sick!
The way i see it is you lot coming on here slating everything Mick and Jez do is not going to make a blind bit of difference. SO WHY?
Here is one for you: do you think by slating there every move (Mick & Jez), booing players, calling for players that are on bench when players are not having best of games, and moaning about every new contract signed or player brought that it is going to make the situation any better? do you think that players respond to booes and critiscm better than a little encouragement? if you do your even more stupid than i already feared. No wonder they call us THE DINGLES!
Bottom line: Jez and Mick are trying to build something here and we would have alot better chance of getting where we want to be with a little encouragement! they are not going to read this page and think, there right i am a muppet strip him of his contract blah blah blah
IF YOUR NOT WILLING TO ENCOURAGE DO NOT TURN UP TO GAMES BECAUSE THERE IS A BIG CLUE IN THE WORD SUPPORTer! as to how we should behave no matter what the situation!
A four year contract for Collins is unbelievable, the player is non-league standard at best. Another example of poor management by McCarthy.
If we went out & signed RONALDINHO,RONALDO,TORRES tomorrow …………It still would not shock us Wolves faithful as much as giving Neil Collins a four year deal.
What on earth must the Three ‘M’ Muppets be thinking about in these meetings.
Cannot understand the logic - oh I can,it’s another McCarthy ploy to stick the knife into us fans who really do want us to succeed more than this moron McCarthy does - get back up the M1 to Barnsley - 8 games & he’ll be gone.
Steady on lads - I’m reliably informed that there is a clause in Collins’ new contract that allows him to leave for another club, should a conference side bid £5k for him - LOL
151 - Steve Bull Stand - how the hell do you know what’s in FE’s contract? Why do you automatically assume he is in the right. Word coming from within the club is he is disruptive influence - but I’ll reserve judgement until the real truth comes out - if it ever does!
Be careful what you say Happy, It wasnt to long ago I remember you lot throwing carrots on the pitch away at Blackpool to one of your own players who’s name eludes me now. Paul something I think. You lot slated him every time he played. 1992 or 93 wasnt it?
most comments in ages. says everything. collins is awful in fact reading he has signes a 4 yr contract is just well there is no word to describe how bad that guy is awful choice mick
Happy Baggie change the record please! Do you have anything else in your life other than trying to wind up Wolves fans? Obviously not judging by the continual crap you write about how bad we are as fans and how we slag the club/players off. Anybody would think you are the model fan!! You ain’t and you have had alot more to cheer about in recent times than we have-promotions,staying up and a FA cup semi final. Its called frustration pal and if it bothers you that we get narked with bad decisions like giving a Division 2 standard defender a 4 year contract, don’t read em! Go away and gloat on your own page!
88, Dave Vincent
Whilst I agree this is a strange decision by the club, I mean 4 yrs??
He is no where near as bad as some of these…..
Frankowski
Robert Taylor
Stephen Elliott
Jay Bothroyd….especially
Tony Daley
Kevin Ashley
Steve Corica
Darren Anderton
Jamie Clampham
Luzney
Okoronko…….the list is endless
Cheap deal for the club, no big fee for a quality defender, as expected. Its a 12th to 7th finish next season, no better, no worse. No progress once again, taking advantage of loyal fans once again, another poor season once again.
i don’t understand why he has been given another 4 years. i hope he can give better performances next season and i do hope he improves as a player, but if he continues to play as last season then a seat on the bench or backup for injuries is the best he can hope for.
i will always give the players full support and have never booed but he had me shaking my head in disbelief many times, having said that it wasn’t just him i could name most of out team including mick himself.
here’s to another season always optimistic, would like to see berra from hearts signed asap also our unwanted players shipped out including freddie ,who i do like but enough has been said and done already and its obvious he’s not going to play for wolves again unless mick gets sacked).
anyway lets get off to a flyer this season and be in the playoff positions at xmas. last sesson the writing was on the wall by then and its was obvious we weren’t up to it.
re moaning and groaning we all have different opinions and i had my grumbles on here many times last season but maybe its better to get things off your chest here than at molineux where they all need our support
WHAT A DONKEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
After all the good signings this last few weeks and it’s undone with this fiasco!!!!!!
What on earth is going on????????????
143. woodwolf
I am left cross that you think we will get rid of useless Mick after Christmas? I was hoping we might get rid of this useless load of junk about November, when even Morgan realizes he is just a windbag who makes it up as he goes along.
A total waste of space and three years of my life in the Championship. I hate the man!
Clearly you are all missing the point. Neil Collins is aiding the development of Wayne Hennessey by being total pants!!
Why is everybody so surprised about the 4 year contract?
I have patiently explained many times that the club will not go into the Premiership again, as that would be a financial disaster.
Collins is a good signing, staying within the clubs tight wage policy. Big name players expect high wages. The Wolves policy of using young, cheap players to populate the team, and selling on the best to major clubs is a winning formula as long as the management can persuade the fans to keep coming in their 10’s of thousands.
That is where the bubble seems to be bursting, as season tickets are down by one third on last season. Moxey is claiming to the board that it is simply down to the recession.
But others with long Wolves commitment point out that Wolves fans will always find the money somehow if the team is worth following.
An interesting scenario, as experienced inside observers wonder how long Morgan will continue supporting the failed Moxey and Morgan partnership.
Maybe the reason they have given him a four year deal was to relieve him of the pressure created by all the moaners on his back and to allow him to concentrate on improving his concentration. lets give him our support and a chance to be a good squad player for us.
At least we can say our club has a good sense of humour!! I cant believe he has got an extension, I dont buy the “as long as he is in a Wolves shirt get behind him” rubbish, id never say boo him but and of day he isnt good enough and I for one dont want see donkeys in our side.
And number 24 who said Naylor was a decent defender, pour me a pint of what your drinking it must be good stuff!! He used to get run ragged evey week and and give goals galore away, oh yea thinking anout it I can see your point now.
What a joke.This will be the decision that eventually gets McDuff the sack, and good riddance when it happens.I’ve just had a pay rise, so I’ll go and ask for another shall I? Twit!
I think MM has given him a 4yr deal cos he cuts his grass after hes put a shift in.
This is not good news. I had been generally pleased with the pre season activities so far, but this is not an enlightened piece of business.
Ra Ra do you go to any of the games or what?? that donkey collins is by far the worse player ive seen in a wolves shirt, 4 year contract!! you are having a laugh, for god sake get that muppet out!!!!!!!!!!! olofinjana 3 million? let him go i wouldnt pay 300,000 massive wolves fan (sandwell town to be relegated by november) he he
Most of the sensible comments on this story make 2 points: Collins is a poor Championship player and there is no apparent justification for a 4 year extension.
The opposite view seems to be that he’s a decent Championship back-up player so that’s ok. What??? Your back-up players are supposed to be good enough for your first team so you get competition for places and if you get injuries, you have someone equally good to come into the side or off the bench.
The reason Dublinwolf and others that we anti-McCarthyites come across as moaners and whingers is that if your deep conviction is that the club has the wrong manager, you can get temporarily excited about a good new signing and the start of a new season but fundamentally, you know the next crass act or statement is just around the corner which shows that things just ain’t right!
147, Happy-baggie a specialist wind up merchant. sometimes it’s best to sign players based on a team morale, maybe it’s not a fans Thing but it may be a certain way of keeping a Happy-Camp. onward and upward Wolves forever.
You lot really don’t know what your talking about. He is only 24 and has a lot to learn. Like last season he learned which way Wolves were playing both first and second half. Who knows he may learn to head, pass and tackle by the time he is 30. Just give him time
To call a player a ‘donkey’ is rediculous. to call one of our own players names is pathetic.
It’s amazing how when there is seemingly an excuse to whinge, so many posters come out of the closet to give vent to their bile. However they are never there when the news is good.
The basic facts are we have the 3 M’s in charge. if you don’t like it then go.
While they are in charge they will make their own decisions based on their knowledge of the full situation at the club. Consequently they are better judges than any fan. If you cannot accept this then go.
Neil Collins is a good player. he will get better and he will thrive and he should know that the majority of fans will encourage him want him to do well. Forget the others Neil.
NOT TO PANIC ANOTHER EXPRESS AND STAR MISPRINT. THE ARTICLE SHOULD READ COLLINS SIGNS UP FOR NEW CONTACTS! IT WAS TAKEN FROM AN ARTICLE IN THE OPTICIANS WEEKLY
Good luck to the kid - I’m glad he got his contract, and glad that the club is trying to get most of our players on longer contracts, regardless of the ignorance and prejudice of some of our ’supporters’. I’ll be cheering Neil on whenever I see him in a Wolves shirt - as I will ALL the players who wear old gold and black. That’s what supporting a club should mean - not finding any excuse to whinge, moan, whine and boo…
A lot of you must have very, very sad lives if a decis